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LGIM apoints new Head of Product

Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM) appoints Rhodri Mason (photo, right) as Head of Product*, responsible for leading the business’ product function across all product teams. In this newly created role, Rhodri Mason will join on 7 March and report to Aaron Meder, Head of Investment at LGIM.

Rhodri has ten years’ experience in product design across all major asset classes and joins from Hermes Investment Management, where he was Head of Investment Solutions & Product Strategy. Prior to this, he was Head of UCITS Management at Man Investments and has previously held product-development roles at BlackRock, Barclays Global Investors and M&G Investments.

Aaron Meder, Head of Investment at LGIM, commented: “Rhodri brings valuable experience in understanding clients’ investment needs and translating that into effective product design and delivery. He will be responsible for continuing our efforts to build a centre of excellence for product strategy and development, and enhance our ability to innovate and achieve better outcomes for our clients.”

* Subject to regulatory approval

ENDS.

For more information please contact:

Richard King
Head of Group Corporate Communications

Legal & General Investment Management

Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM) manages assets of £717 billion for more than 3000 clients and is the 15th largest asset manager globally**. Throughout the past 40 years we have built our business through understanding what matters most to our clients and transforming this insight into valuable, accessible investment products and solutions. We provide investment expertise across a full spectrum of asset classes including equities, fixed income, commercial property and cash. Our capabilities range from index-tracking and active strategies to liquidity management and liability-based risk management solutions.

**As at 30 September 2015; total assets include assets under management, notional derivative positions and advisory assets.